State v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $120,-737.38, the unpaid balance of the tax upon the gross earnings of defendant company for the year 1905, computed at four per cent.
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Action in the district court for Ramsey county to recover $120,-737.38, the unpaid balance of the tax upon the gross earnings of defendant company for the year 1905, computed at four per cent. Defendant in its answer alleged that its line from St. Paul to Breckenridge, formerly known as the Main Line, and its line from East Minneapolis (formerly St. Anthony) to St. Vincent, (of which that part from St. Anthony to Watab [East St. Cloud] was formerly known as the Branch Line and that from East St. Cloud to St. Vincent was formerly known as the Extension Line or St. Vincent Extension, and all…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This action involves the validity of chapter 253, p. 375, Laws 1903, approved by the people at the general election of 1904, as' provided for by article 4, § 32a, of the state constitution, increasing the gross earnings tax upon railroad companies of the state to four per cent. Though the facts and various statutes bearing upon the case, and which control its determination, have been stated and referred to in prior opinions, a restatement is necessary to an understanding of the present opinion.
By an act approved March 3, 1857 (11 St. 195, c. 99), congress granted to the territorj? of…
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- State v. Wells Fargo & Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
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